THE CHASE Cinematographer Trevor Roach discusses the technical challenges and creative decisions behind shooting high-intensity feature City of Dreams, blending handheld shots, VFX, and intimate storytelling. Which cameras and lenses did you use and why? I was originally asked to be on – the production by the cinematographer Alejandro Chávez, A.M.C., to be his Second … Read more
London post production and VFX studio UNIT has unveiled  a bespoke new eight-storey facility in Fitzrovia and has announced the appointment of VFX supervisor Nuno Pereira to lead long and short form creative at the company. As a creative director and VFX supervisor, Pereira has extensive on-set experience dealing with directors, producers, MPs and other … Read more
Psychological thriller The Third Day is a six-part visceral drama and a theatrical event, set on the mysterious British island, Osea, a captivating and distortive world where all is not as it seems. The first three episodes, Summer, written by Dennis Kelly and directed by Marc Munden, see Sam (Jude Law), drawn to a mysterious … Read more
Many TV viewers may be forgiven for not associating a historical drama with large-scale visual effects. There are no hordes of CG creatures amidst genteel Victorian society; nor are there other-worldly oddities in the sprawling stately homes that serve as the set pieces on these same dramas. Yet The Crown, produced by Left Bank Studios … Read more
The creative studio at Framestore joined the team as the VFX partner for the film in its entirety, supporting the shoot through to post-production. Working closely with director Marc Munden (Utopia, Electric Dreams), the brief included using subtle VFX to breathe life into the garden, crafting a full-CG robin and building complex real-world environments. Framestore … Read more